Congress passed a final version of the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” that represents a range of Trump administration policies, with West Virginia representatives Carol Miller and Riley Moore voting yes.
The House of Representatives passed the bill in a 218 to 214 vote.
“President Trump’s signature legislation is a huge win for the American people that puts our nation on the path to a new Golden Age. I can’t wait to see the President sign the One Big Beautiful Bill on Independence Day,” said Moore, R-W.Va.
“In November, the American people gave President Trump a mandate for change after years of mass migration, inflation, and progressive insanity. They demanded secure borders, lower costs, and a return to commonsense. The One Big Beautiful Bill delivers on that America First agenda. I proudly voted ‘Yes’ on this historic legislation.”
The U.S. Senate passed the bill at midweek on a 50-50 vote with Vice President J.D. Vance breaking the tie. Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Jim Justice, Republicans of West Virginia, were yes votes.
The House of Representatives, which originally passed the bill on May 22, needed to consider it again because of changes made in the Senate. The Trump administration had set a goal of final passage by the Fourth of July, which is Friday.
Members of the Republican majority in Congress negotiated among themselves, including talks with the president, throughout the day Wednesday and then overnight, holding procedural votes open for hours.
“This legislation will make the life of the average American better, and I support getting it to President Trump’s desk. I urge all my colleagues to do the same,” Congresswoman Miller said in a floor speech today.
The “One Big Beautiful Bill” advances many of President Trump’s top priorities, including extending the 2017 tax cuts enacted in his first term and expanding border enforcement while going ahead with deep spending cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and other federal programs.
“I think it’s a tremendous win for the American people,” Jason Huffman, state director of the Americans for Prosperity-West Virginia political advocacy organization, speaking this week on MetroNews Talkline.
“It makes good on a lot of the campaign promises that Donald Trump has made, that members of Congress have made, helps to secure the border, helps to make sure that the Trump tax cuts from 2017 are made permanent, averting the largest tax increase in American history and a bevy of other very conservative items that the president campaigned on.
Huffman concluded, “I would call it a massive win.”
The Senate reconciliation package being debated this weekend would add nearly $3.3 trillion in budget deficits over the next 10 years, according to a new estimate by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget concludes that passage amounts to jumping off a budget cliff.
Yet spending cuts to social safety net programs also have driven public debate.
“West Virginia’s Congressional had the power to vote this devastating bill down and protect working West Virginians and their health care, but instead, they chose to line the pockets of billionaires with even more tax breaks,” said Ellen Allen, executive director of West Virginians for Affordable Healthcare.
The Congressional Budget Office’s latest cost estimate concludes that the bill would reduce federal Medicaid spending by $793 billion and increase the number of people without health insurance by 10.9 million, because of changes to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.
The proposals institute more rigorous requirements for Medicaid that are anticipated to cause millions of people to drop their Medicaid coverage.
One of the new provisions is “community engagement requirements” of at least 80 hours per month of work, education or service for able-bodied adults without dependents.
Critics have said the work requirement actually represents greater red tape for recipients who could forget to maintain their coverage, misunderstand steps or miss a key update.
“West Virginia’s Congressional Delegation now has the disgraceful distinction of voting for and helping pass the largest cuts to Medicaid in history,” said Allen of West Virginians for Affordable Healthcare.
“In addition to historic coverage losses, ten West Virginia hospitals and three nursing homes could be forced to shut down, resulting in layoffs and hurting local economies.”
The bill would reduce federal spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, by roughly $286 billion over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office analysis
A major aspect would expand the age range for work requirements.The work requirements would mean 3.2 million people would lose food stamp benefits in an average month over the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office estimates.
Furthermore, the bill would require states to take on more of the costs of administering SNAP and limit future administrations’ ability to raise benefit amounts.
“Working families in McDowell, Marshall, and every other West Virginia county are paying the price so Republicans can cut taxes for billionaires,” said Mike Pushkin, chairman of the state Democratic Party. “It’s immoral — and voters will remember.”
The West Virginia Republican Party assessed the passage favorably.
“This is a major victory for America — No Tax on Tips, No Tax on Overtime, No Tax on Social Security and more tax cuts, securing our borders, eliminating Biden’s Green New Scam, and reducing wasteful spending,” said Matt Herridge, chairman of the West Virginia GOP.
“Congratulations to our Republican Senate and House Caucuses for DELIVERING on President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill — and a special shoutout to Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Jim Justice and Representatives Carol Miller and Riley Moore for their leadership and support,”